Company Overview
Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company that provides business, clinical, and IT services for our clients as they seek to transform and execute strategies that will drive exceptional outcomes. Leveraging over 30 years of success, we focus on clinical solutions, professional services, and talent solutions. Eliassen Group positively impacts the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which we operate. Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. Also, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following: 1. When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc. 2. Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group. 3. If anyone seemingly from Eliassen Group has ever requested this personal information in the past or does so in the future, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com. If you’re ever uncertain, you’re welcome to reach out to a confirmed Eliassen Group employee on Linked to confirm a job opportunity.
About the job
This role is a hybrid role with 2 days a week in Cambridge MA. We are seeking a Procurement Operations Senior Analyst (SAP Ariba P2P Go-live Support Specialist) to join our pharma client. Reporting to the Associate Director, Procurement Operations, the role is responsible for the efficient and effective support of day-to-day purchasing activities as part of the Ariba global P2P system launch. This role is crucial to ensuring compliance with procurement policies, optimizing spend, and delivering exceptional customer service. This Senior Analyst will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across the organization and will specialize in managing goods and services purchases in the IT, Facilities, and Tech Ops & Quality areas of our Pharma Client.
Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $70 – $80 / hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Procurement Execution: Manage and process purchase requisitions, ensuring adherence to cost-efficiency and quality standards. Identify and resolve bottlenecks to optimize requisition workflow.
- Expertise and Guidance: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Ariba within the EA, providing guidance to stakeholders on the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process. Offer training and support to colleagues to enhance procurement knowledge.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with EA stakeholders to understand their needs, identify purchasing trends, and implement process improvements. Regularly engage with stakeholders to ensure satisfaction and gather feedback.
- Process Improvement: Analyze procurement processes to identify opportunities for optimization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process enhancements that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
- Data Analysis: Conduct spend, supplier, and market analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities and inform procurement strategies, new buying channels or catalogs.
- Supplier Issue Management: When needed, manage supplier relationships, resolve issues, and ensure timely resolution of invoice discrepancies.
- Sourcing: Drive teams to the use of preferred suppliers and lead small-scale sourcing events using SAP Ariba’s Collaboration Requisitioning feature as needed.
Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required. BS in a technical discipline, such as accounting or finance, desired
- 3-5 years general business such as accounting and finance; procurement, supply chain, and/or purchasing experience, a plus
- Pharmaceutical industry knowledge, a plus
- Experience working with IT, Facilities, Tech Ops & Quality goods and services, a plus
- Proficiency in Source-to-Pay systems including Workday Sourcing, Ironclad, Lextegrity, Process Unity, Ariba Guided Buying, VIM, SAP S4 Hana, and Ariba SLP
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills in stakeholder interactions to ensure exceptional service and consistent interactions.
- Must be highly motivated and comfortable working both independently and in a team environment.
- Proven ability to contribute in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize tasks and handle time efficiently
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